Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-02-09

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in the west. It 10 now . conceded TACT that
prices will - higher this year in Al lines,
} and that production in general will b very
, far ahead Of 1886. There 10 every faith
! in tho psrmanencs Of the higher range ol
values.
The STRONG features in the trade and in
dustrial situations are these: More money
10 seeking Investment, wages are advancing
builders and investors are projecting q
. great deal Of new shop and house building
money lenders are willing to lend on fair
security, agricultural products are firm in
price, and to all Appearances . heavy de.
mand, both homo and foreign, will be main.
> tanned throughout the yaar. The manu-
featuring interests al over the country
report . steady increase in inquiry and in
orders, and 40 Q rule more business il being
offered than makers care to accept. Rail-
road building will b undertaken just AZ
soon a. the weather permits and the mile
.se will 60 beyond anything the country
has ever known.
this picture. The advancing tendency jeop-
ardises the general prosperity. Psssessors
Of large amounts Of capital are less willing
to throw their money into certain kinds Of
new work than they were last fall. They
argue the possibility OF . reaction in bust.
ness, such a. heretofore preceded panics
and depressions. The high range Of values,
while gratifying to manufacturers and bust
ness men generally, il having the effect OF
creating . conservative feeling which, in
time, will be felt in business circles.
The increase in the textile production OF
the United Kingdom during the past seven
years is estimated at only 4 per cent. Cot
ton factories show but little progress.
| Wooden and worsted factories show the
most improvement. A ~rstrograde owe
ment is noted in hax, hemp and juts.
Philadelphia textile machinery makers
have recently been capturing some very
important eastern orders, and eastern
machinists are looking into the causes OF
this unexpected move.
The French Canadians are joining the |
Knights OF Labor, the interference Of the
chursh thus far not having created any e.
rious dissension. In Dayton, Ohio, the
Knights nave started q cooperative insti-
tuition. To-day the Brooklyn Knights hold
. conference to decide upon asking for a
charter for the Brooklyn district. In Bal
timore debates are given frequently upon
questions OF political and social economy.
The U. 8. Stephens Hall Association has
gone to pieces; it was intended to erect q
hall to cost $4,000 to be used for the
benefit Of tho order.
Boston has 1881 firms engaged in the
shoe business. In Massachusetts there are
$3.50, Of which 1889 arc manufacturing
houses. New York has $50 shoe manu-.
~iacturers and wholesale dealers and 529
tanners and leather dealers. Philadslphia
has 112 shoe manufacturers, Is jobbers,
~ tanners Of morocco and 33 OF sheep
skin and call kid. Tho number OF tanning
firms in the State il 696. Ohio has 80 and
Illinois ~ shoe manufacturers. There are
1927 retailers OF shoes in the United
States.
It il apparent that employers will very
generally advance wages voluntarily. Hun
dreds have already done so, eAsn before
any demand was formally made by organ
lied labor. Prices are improving, mills,
factories and mines are overcrowdsd, or
ders are far in excess Of capacity, and en-
ployers, therefore, take the opportunity OF
advancing wages. At the rate business il
crowding in, a great majority OF employers
The possibilities OF . general advance In I
wages OF both common and skilled labor
are being considered by employers in all
Many Of them think that tho
establishment OF aibitrative methods will
help to increase rather than to decrease
strikes and classification BY offering ia.
cllltles Tor the presentation of demands.
The old time employers imagine they are a 3
able to manage their business 70 they were ;
years ago, and they do not relinquish their :
supremacy willingly. |.
Great expectations are induced in con. >
,erning the Labor Convention to be held At :
incinnati on February 22d. Five hun. .
fred delegates at least are counted on. Ali
GOD deal OF well-deserved opposition is c
elt n expressed at some OF tho oripina- =
ors, whose names smell in the nostrils oil
'onest labor. The Knights will lead off
nd the obnoxious members will stand in i"
ne background md watch. The Conven. b
ION will call another one to nominats a r.
resident for 1888. nj
manufacturers are favoring the estab. II
OF relief associations. Several A
ew England employers have started them. n,
ne in Portland, Me-, has a membership ., is
~. All persons whose wages are over s5 ve
week pay 81 fee and 10 cents DER veek +,
nlcn entities a member in case of sickness til
% per week until $25 has been dra vn No
it. and to $25 in case Of death. in,
Great industrial and building activity il ca
ported from the Northwest. M~inneapolia
. st. Paul furnish the most marked sv;.
uces OF it. The knights there ara mt. IT
g up q large four-story building. All the thu
.'mllls are getting ready for a big OF
work. The FIGURING mills are do. alb
more thar they did last winter. sto
railroad contractors are already ou'
'hering their clanst osetherfo for work. and cor
expecting a graat many Italians and enc
lth-of-Eur0pe foreipnsrs who v;n---r not
very low wages. Irish labor has been go
a large extent supplanted BY labor eou
~ 'ne continent OF Europe because it in sool
aper and more obedient. rher
he CHICAGO f. No-t.-.. pre-
'pany has established q mutual puaran. emo
iund. The cost OF insurance ranges.
. 6s cents per 500 the first year to ~
,ents the fifth year. It is a verv .uc. con
iul and satisfactory system to the LEE
'loyes' and it will probably bs extended easy
'ther roads. len
he Government has $50, 600, 900 worth ~n'e
oois. hardware, nails and stuff Of that oe u
l. Among them are 46, 500 aueers ana conc
; 2s'542 screws and 14e,3 s5 nles. e4m
and 15o 6Oo no,.s~ "iousn' that
n OF this material is lying loose around ana
yards. has
10 application a., .... that
ing is feasible. It is done in En,l.nd Deen
Faure batteries. A go, .no pend
4. At each and ~ ~. .- " thos
which, coming in contact with tn.
lis rail, convey the current to tho n.